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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy had the ingenious idea of hanging a kettle over the fire from the leg of what piece of furniture?

2. Who dies, considered by the British and native defenders alike to be a hero?

3. Who shoots himself while lying in bed?

4. What was Miriam's married name?

5. What wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dr. McNab ask to look after the Collector and what transpires during that time?

2. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

3. What is the seeming snow from the sky which causes confusion to the enemy and allows the men to reload their cannons?

4. What desperate measure do the people take out of extreme hunger?

5. At the end of Chapter 29 what does the Collector read about in the phrenology book and what does he eat on the way downstairs?

6. What condition does the Collector find Hari in when he visits him in the tiger house?

7. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

8. What is the Collector sitting on and what is he discussing with the Padre in Chapter 31?

9. What does Dr. McNab refer to as having been successful in the treatment of cholera which alarms the onlookers?

10. What does each person carry with him or her during the cholera epidemic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the scene where Louise and Fleury are in the Sunday School. What does the Padre have the children do and what is the outcome?

2) Write about the Collector's thoughts about the electroplating technology. Why does he feel its so important?

3) What is your opinion of the Padre and his view that he is bringing salvation not only to the native Christians but to the British residents.

Do you think he is doing good or spreading fear? What are some of the points he tries to make in his sermonizing?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the final attack on the Residency. What are some of the comical moments which take place during this attack?

2) Describe Fleury's reaction to hearing the singing of prayers and the tolling of bells floating over the plain. What does he ponder while listening to the beauty of the singing?

3) Who ends up married to whom after the siege is over and life returns to normal?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Compare the characters of Harry and Fleury. How are they alike, how different?

2) Compare the characters of the Magistrate and the Collector, their similarities , their differences.

3) Compare the characters of Lucy and Louise.

Choose two of the three character comparisons to write on.

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